From Smithsonian, a special section on American Indian history and culture. From Reason, how America was sold on world war: Remembering George Creel, the founder of modern war propaganda; and managed destruction, or, where are the paleo-Schumpeterians when we need them?: Can Carlota Perez save the global economy? A review of Things I Like About America: Tales of an American Drifter by Poe Ballantine. A review of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey. A review of Eliezer Schweid's The Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture. A review of Christianity and War, and Other Essays Against the Warfare State by Laurence M. Vance. A review of Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan. An excerpt from Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq by Peter R. Mansoor. An article on solving the mystery of the vanishing bees. Murder on Music Row: Is this the end of traditional country music? Fortune goes inside the world's biggest hedge fund: Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio's intense focus on principles helps him make money in good times and bad — now he's bracing for some very tough times indeed. Danger is booming as a pastime — are we crazy, or just reacting against mollycoddling?